Possibly power supply mismatch

On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:37:15 GMT, Edward Diener No Spam
<eldiener_no_spam_here.TakeThisOut@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I am building a system with a KW7 mobo but the power supply I have for
>it, an Enermax EG565P-VE FMA, may not match. The KW7 has two attachments
>for the power supply, a 20-pin ATXPWR1 and a 4-pin ATX12V1. The power
>supply has a single ATX 12V V2.0 24-pin connector, which can be split
>between the 20-pin and 4-pin parts simply by unhooking each part from
>the other on the connector.
>
>Will my power supply work with my mobo, or do I need to get an ATX 12v
>V1.0 power supply instead ? Looking at the description of the pins on
>the mobo and the power supply, the pins look similar but not the same,
>but I suspect the diagram in my Enermax manual may be just wrong. Is the
>ATX 12V V2.0 backwards compatible with the ATX 12V V1.0 ?

Packed with your power supply should be the correct 8-pin to 4-pin
connector-adapter for ATX12V1. I have the EG565AX-VE and it does have
the adapter - I am using it. The pictures on the Enermax website for
both power-supplies (P and AX) incorrectly show the 4-pin ATX12V1
connector and do not show the 8-pin connector at all....although the
text says 8-pins !! Did you accidentally misplace your adapter ???

John Lewis
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John Lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:37:15 GMT, Edward Diener No Spam
> <eldiener_no_spam_here.DeleteThis@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I am building a system with a KW7 mobo but the power supply I have for
>>it, an Enermax EG565P-VE FMA, may not match. The KW7 has two attachments
>>for the power supply, a 20-pin ATXPWR1 and a 4-pin ATX12V1. The power
>>supply has a single ATX 12V V2.0 24-pin connector, which can be split
>>between the 20-pin and 4-pin parts simply by unhooking each part from
>>the other on the connector.
>>
>>Will my power supply work with my mobo, or do I need to get an ATX 12v
>>V1.0 power supply instead ? Looking at the description of the pins on
>>the mobo and the power supply, the pins look similar but not the same,
>>but I suspect the diagram in my Enermax manual may be just wrong. Is the
>>ATX 12V V2.0 backwards compatible with the ATX 12V V1.0 ?
>
>
> Packed with your power supply should be the correct 8-pin to 4-pin
> connector-adapter for ATX12V1. I have the EG565AX-VE and it does have
> the adapter - I am using it. The pictures on the Enermax website for
> both power-supplies (P and AX) incorrectly show the 4-pin ATX12V1
> connector and do not show the 8-pin connector at all....although the
> text says 8-pins !! Did you accidentally misplace your adapter ???

No, I found it and have it connected properly now. See my other reply in
this thread ro someone else about it. I would not say that Enermax's
picture of connections in the booklet are exactly great. Also there are
only 7 4-pin mole connectors with the power supply and since I need two
for the two large fans of my case, an Aero Cool Spiral Galaxies, that
leaves just 5 4-pin moles for many other devices that traditionally need
power. It is probably enough, though, since there are plenty of SATA
connectors on the power supply also as well as a couple of floppy disk
connectors and some PCI-E 16X connectors.

Thanks for the heads up, but someone else also alerted me earlier to
that 8-pin to 4-pin connector that came as part of the PSU. For whatever
reason I did not understand what it was for, because I did not
understand the difference between ATX 12V V1 and ATX 12V V2. It is not
exactly explained well in the booklet. The booklet also mentions a
separate 4-pin 12V power connector off of the PSU, but it is actually an
8-pin connector also.
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